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Jakarta ), is the capital and largest city of Indonesia, and one of the most populous Urban agglomerations in the world. - Source: Wikipedia

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Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration and Correctional Affairs Yusril Ihza Mahendra, left, and Philippine's Justice Undersecretary Raul Vasquez show the document during the signing ceremony of a deal to send home Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino death-row drug convict, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024.(AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

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Indonesian immigration officers escort recently-arrested Chinese national Yan Zhenxing who is on Interpol Red Notice list and wanted in China on allegation of laundering money for an online gambling syndicate, during a press conference in Jakarta, Thursday, Dec 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

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Indonesia's newly-inaugurated Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto delivers a speech during the presidential inauguration ceremony at the Parliament building in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

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A worker sorts shrimps at a farm in Kebumen, Centra Java, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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Pope Francis is helped down a ramp at Jackson's International Airport in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

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The Grand Imam Nasaruddin Umar, left, bids farewell to Pope Francis, as he leaves after signing the "Joint Declaration of Istiqlal 2024" at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. Pope Francis urged Indonesia to live up to its promise of "harmony in diversity" and fight religious intolerance on Wednesday, as he set a rigorous pace for an 11-day, four-nation trip through tropical Southeast Asia and Oceania. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Senate Social Media Unit, then Bamban Mayor Alice Guo speaks during the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality inquiry on the alleged human trafficking and cyber fraud operation in Angeles, Pampanga province, held at the Philippine Senate in Pasay City, Philippines on May 22, 2024. (Joseph Vidal/Philippine Senate Social Media Unit via AP) ** FILE **

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Pope Francis is welcomed by Indonesia's Minister for Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, center, soon after landing at Jakarta's International airport Soekarno Hatta, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. Pope Francis arrived in Indonesia on Tuesday at the start of the longest trip of his pontificate, hoping to encourage its Catholic community and celebrate the tradition of interfaith harmony in a country with the world's largest Muslim population. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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People walk past a welcoming signboard for Pope Francis displayed at Jakarta Cathedral in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, ahead of his visit to Indonesia from Sept. 3-6. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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Pope Francis waves as he leaves after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, Aug.28, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Muslim men attend Friday prayer at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, where Pope Francis is scheduled to hold an interfaith meeting on Sept. 5. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

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In this photo released by Indonesian Presidential Palace, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, center, talks to journalists companied by Indonesian Defense Minister and president-elect Prabowo Subianto, right, in the new capital city Nusantara in Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Monday, Aug.12, 2024. (Muchlis Jr/Indonesian President Palace via AP)

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Nagad Daoud Abdallah, right, and Majdah Ishag, both from Sudan, sit on a bed in Ishag's room at a hotel turned into a shelter for refugees in Batam, an island in northwestern Indonesia, Thursday, May 16, 2024. Both have been at the community housing for eight years while waiting for resettlement in a third country. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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Indonesian Defense Minister and president-elect Prabowo Subianto, left, waves at media members as his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of Indonesian President JokoWidodo, looks on during their formal declaration as president and vice president-elect at the General Election Commission building in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Indonesia's electoral commission formally Subianto as the elected president in a ceremony on Wednesday after the country's highest court rejected appeals lodged by two losing presidential candidates who are challenging his landslide victory. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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